I bought my first camera in Seattle, Washington. Only paid about seven dollars and fifty cents for it. — Gordon Parks Copy Share Image
To quote out of context is the essence of the photographer's craft. — John Szarkowski Copy Share Image
Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'd like my coffin to be a camera obscura so I can see what's going on outside. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
Reaching a 'creative' state of mind thru positive action is considered preferable to waiting for 'inspiration'. — Minor White Copy Share Image
There really isn't anything that you could call 'bad' color. It all has to do with the amount of color you use… — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
John Loengard, the picture editor at Life, always used to tell me, ”If you want something to look interesting, don’t light all… — Joe McNally Copy Share Image
“Photography is the play of light, the dance of shadows, the song of exposure, and the story of the moment.” — Meeta Ahluwalia Copy Share Image
What I've always liked about photography is that it's such a direct way of showing what's on my mind. I see something.… — Zoe Leonard Copy Share Image
You don't have to pose your camera. The pictures are there, and you just take them. The truth is the best picture,… — Robert Capa Copy Share Image
But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave pictures that persist the good are ever too luke-warm. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everyone should understand that getting good photos is paramount to everything. You have to do what it takes and often comfort and… — Peter Menzel Copy Share Image
I enjoy photography. It's a lot of fun. It keeps me on my P's and Q's and, when you think about it,… — Ken Griffey Jr Copy Share Image
When I got the deal to do 'J. Edgar,' which was really the brainchild of Brian Grazer, 'Milk' hadn't come out yet.… — Dustin Lance Black Copy Share Image
Sixty-five days principle photography, five-day weeks, which is the only way I'll work. With my cinematographer Russell Boyd, we take as much… — Peter Weir Copy Share Image
I want adventure in my life. I want to do things I haven't done before. These Hollywood people are so careful of… — Juergen Teller Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to get any footage of yourself doing what you love unless you have a friend who's a photographer or… — Nick Woodman Copy Share Image
I am the camera's eye. I am the machine that shows you the world as I alone see it. Starting from today… — Dziga Vertov Copy Share Image
I wanted to create a kind of substance by means of brush-work. But that is the kind of discovery which one makes… — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
But everyone cannot be there, and that is why photographers go there, to show them, to reach out and grab them and… — James Nachtwey Copy Share Image